LDR 01004naa#a2200169#i#450# 001 EN\\bibl\86977 005 20250721220526.1 011 ## _a2074-8183 100 ## _a20090625b2009####ek#y0engy0150####ca 101 0# _aRUS 102 ## _aRU 200 1# _aThe article gives the concept, state-legal characteristics and types of federalism and federation. The author examines the essence of federalism and federation, the elements of constitutional legal status of the subjects of federation, and comes to a conclusion that it is impossible for Russia to understand a federative state as a certain «union». The Russian state has never been a union of sovereign (in the past) states and therefore, the Russian Federation should be perceived from the position of political territorial organization as a complex state _eJournal article 210 1# _aVolgograd _cVolgograd Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia _d2009 215 ## _a5 с. 608 ## _aJournal article _2local 700 #1 _a _g 856 4# _ava-mvd.editorum.ru _u